McDormand, Tierney, Lazar and More Set for North Atlantic in L.A.

By Adam Hetrick
21 Dec 2009

Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand will lead the Wooster Group presentation of James Strahs's 1982 work North Atlantic at Redcat in Los Angeles.

Running Feb. 10-21, 2010, Elizabeth LeCompte directs the production that will feature McDormand, Ari Fliakos, Scott Shepherd, Kate Valk, Steve Cuiffo, Koosil-ja Hwang, Paul Lazar, Zachary Oberzan, Jenny Seastone-Stern and Maura Tierney.

North Atlantic, according to press notes, "takes a satiric look at the role of the military and the growing influence of technology in American culture during the late Cold War period, after Vietnam and before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The story follows an international peacekeeping force on an aircraft carrier in the North Atlantic, tracing the cultural and sexual dynamics that rise to the fore as they carry out their top-secret mission."

Visit Redcat.org for tickets. Redcat is located at 631 West 2nd Street in Los Angeles, CA.